Painting the Reikland Reavers

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Project Entry by taochi

Part 1 - Base Colors

November 25, 2020

The Reavers have been assembled, based and primed since 2016. I created the base with baking soda and I must say my 2016 technique as less than perfect.

1 – Painting the Skin and the Shirt/Pants

I always try to paint miniatures from the inside out and thus started with the skin.

Pants and shirts are painted Rakarth Flesh

2 – Painting the Belts and Straps

In retrospect, I should have painted the belt and straps after the uniform but it turned out ok in the process.

Also apply black to the shoes linings and soles.

Rhinox Hide gives a solid leather base for the armor straps, Also paint the balls in the same color.

3 – Painting the Uniform

Painting the base uniform blue was definitely the mosts time consuming task so far. Try applying the bulk of it with a larger brush and finishing details with a finer brush, processing the miniature in a chain fashion so as to accelerate the process.

Caledor Sky from GW

4 – Shoes, Gloves and Cloth

I decided to paint most shows using one of my favorite contrast paints, Snakebite Leather but also picked more colorful schemes for the thrower and catcher, to create some diversity.